Acts 22:24:3Acts.22.24.W3TAB

χιλίαρχος

khileearkhos

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Transliteration
khi-LEE-ar-khos
Extended
khee-LEE-ahr-khohs
IPA
/kʰiˈli.ar.kʰos/

Meaning by language

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Result
χι + λί + αρ + χος
khi + lee + ar + khos
khileearkhos

Alphabet Analysis

Chih/kh — like Bach
Iotai — as in machine
Lambdal — as in law
Iotai — as in machine
Alphaah — as in father
Rhor — rolled r
Chih/kh — like Bach
Omicrono — as in omit (short)
Sigma (final)s — used only at end of words

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Word in context

  1. word

    khi-LEE-ar-khos

  2. sentence

    e-KE-leu-sen ho khi-LEE-ar-khos ei-SA-ge-sthai au-TON eis tên pa-rem-bo-LÊN EI-pas MAS-ti-ksin a-ne-TA-ze-sthai au-TON HI-na e-pi-GNÔI di hên ai-TI-an HOU-tôs e-pe-PHÔ-noun au-TÔI

Exegesis

The verb ekeleusen {ἐκέλευσεν | e-ké-leu-sen} as an aorist active indicative sets the main action of issuing a command, with ho khiliarkhos {ὁ χιλίαρχος | ho khi-lí-ar-khos} as its subject.

Root and etymology

khilioichi–iota–lambda–iota–omicron–iota

leader of a thousand

In contextActs 22:24

The commander gave orders to take him into the barracks, and said that he should be questioned under the lash, so that he might learn the reason they were shouting at him like this.

About this coordinate

Acts 22:24:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 22:24, so the Greek word χιλίαρχος (khileearkhos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.22.24.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.22.24.W3.S1) and character.